Post by kmic on Mar 12, 2014 10:00:13 GMT
Ok I have to admit I'm lost! As you know I had thought that Tequila broke one of his wings and was therefore unable to fly. He has one wing 'overlapping' the other (last photo was taken just now)
I looked this up and found it is probably some injury which leads to permanent inability to fly. So I made ladders in their room and he's been using these and enjoying his time out of the cage with all the others, up until today. I've been noting that slowly he's learning how to fly slowly down, keep his altitude for a short distance or fly up about 30 cm from the floor.
Today, he's already flown round the room twice and back without any problem and hasn't used the ladder yet (He flew from the cage to the cane structure (quite a short distance), I took him up once, and the other two times he flew off and returned alone without any hesitation. Don't get me wrong, I'm overjoyed that he's managing to fly and actually able to fly round the room with the others. But does anyone have any idea what he had/has? And more importantly, is there anything I can do to encourage him to fly and help him in his recovery?
I looked this up and found it is probably some injury which leads to permanent inability to fly. So I made ladders in their room and he's been using these and enjoying his time out of the cage with all the others, up until today. I've been noting that slowly he's learning how to fly slowly down, keep his altitude for a short distance or fly up about 30 cm from the floor.
Today, he's already flown round the room twice and back without any problem and hasn't used the ladder yet (He flew from the cage to the cane structure (quite a short distance), I took him up once, and the other two times he flew off and returned alone without any hesitation. Don't get me wrong, I'm overjoyed that he's managing to fly and actually able to fly round the room with the others. But does anyone have any idea what he had/has? And more importantly, is there anything I can do to encourage him to fly and help him in his recovery?
Thanks!!
